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APPLICATION FILED DEU. 15, 1905.

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HENRY ROBERT WILDISH, OF PAIGNTON, ENGLAND.

BILLIARD-MAEKER ANDjrHE LIKE,

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Jan. 12, 1909.

Application filed December 15, 1905. Serial No. 291,944.-

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HENRY ROBERT WILDrsH, a subject of the King of England, residing at Paignton, Devonshire, England, have invented new and useful Improvements in and Relating to Billiard-Markers and the Like, of which the following is a specification.

rIhis invention has reference to apparatus for recording games played on a public billiard table, for the purposes of enabling the proprietor of the table to know how much money should have been received by the attendant; and the object of the present invention is to provide improvements in connection with billiard markers of this kind, which, while they accomplish this object, are simple, inexpensive to make, and efficient; and generally to provide a registering billiard marker or board that shall correctly indicate the total time the board has been used during any 24 hours, so as to secure to the proprietor accurate returns for the use of the billiard tables in connection with which such boards are adapted to be used.

'I he invention will be described with the aid of the accompanying drawings, which form part of the specification, the different figures of the drawing being marked with figures of reference corresponding with those used in the following explanation, the same figures of reference being used to denote the same or equivalent parts wherever they occur.

In these drawings, Figure 1 is a front view of the machine; Eig. 2 is an end view; Fig. 3 is a cross section of the apparatus taken through the line A A Fig. 4 and through the clock case or chamber; Fig. 4 is a back elevation with the back plate removed; and Fig. 5 is a detail.

Referring generally to the drawings, the billiard marker comprises a case, consisting of a front 1; a back 2; two ends 3; a top 4 and a bottom, not shown in the drawings; and in this case the working parts of the mechanism are mainly contained while at the top there is a separate case 5 containing a clock within it.

In the marker there are two (or there might be more) polygonal rollers 6, supported at each end of the end boards 3 by shafts 7; on the outside ends of which handles 8 are provided for turning these rollers. In the case shown, thesepolygonalrollers have six faces, (but they may have any suitable number), one of which would be blank, that is, contains no numerals; and this will be the face presented at the front, at the o enings or windows 9 therein-through wliich the rollers are seen-which will be in View when the device is not being used. In connection with these-openings or Windows 9 opposite the rollers 6, are pointers 10 adapted to slide longitudinally in grooves 11 in the face 1 of the marker in the well-known way, pointing to the numerals on the face of the rollers 6 then exposed, and seen through the windows 9.

The clock 1'2'used in connection with this marker may have a 12 hour dial; or, to obviate the necessity of having to check the clock twice in one day, a 24 hour dial may be used, the hour hand making one circuit in 24 hours; and the going and stopping of this clock is actuated through any suitable stop mechanism known, from the marking mechanism of the marker; that is, it is adapted to be set going when the marker has commenced to be used, and to be stopped when the use of the marker has been completed. Thus it can be seen, after the marker has commenced to be used, how long the players have been playing on the table which the marker is used in connection with, and so enable the attendant to charge correctly for the use of the table, when the hire of such table is charged according to the time it is played upon, a suitable lock being attached to the bezel to prevent unauthorized persons tampering with the lock. In the case illustrated it may be assumed that vlive of the faces of the rollers have 2O numerals each, in numerical order, so that the board can be used for marking a 100 game, while the sixth face would be a blank, t. c., contain no numerals.

When the board is not being used, and the blank faces of the rollers are op osite the windows 9, a cam 15, on each of t e turning shafts 7 of the rollers, will stand with its projection in its upper position (see Fig. 3), and will be holding upon its higher part, a bar 16S-with a roller on its lower end-connected at its upper end by an arm 17 with a shaft 18, which extend across the upper part of the marking board. The bar 16 which is worked from the cam 15 connected with the lower roller 6 is, of course, longer than that worked from the upper roller, and has a bend or loop 19 in it, where it passes the upper turning shaft 7 of the upper roller (see Fig. 5).

The stop motion for the clock consists of a vertical lever a which carries a spring b which actuates the escapement wheel c of the clock;

Lever a is connected to the shaftV 18" by thin" steel band g connected thereto by pin f, rod 20, arm 21, t-he bandi) being heldinpl'ace'by the clips i. turning of either of the rollers 6 so that the ,blank races thereon appear-at the window 9 will bring the cams. 15 into engagement with the rollers on the rod 16, and the tension' on the spring d will be released and the lever a will-assume the position shown inv big. 4 and the clock will be stopped.

When, at the commencement of the use of the marker, either of the blank faces of the rollers 6 are turned round in the direction of the arrows in rig. 3, the roller of thevrods 16 falls from the pi ojection of the cam 15 onto the smaller part of the cam, i-t being forced down by the spring 23. rlhis will cause the shaft 18 to rotate and by meansof the arm 21 rod 2() and spring g the lever a will be moved towards the left and the escapement wheel c will be driven thereby, the spring Z) being released by the pin e. As the score mounts up, and the fresh faces with the higher order of numerals are turned to the windows 9, the rollers 6 are locked in these positions by spring pawls 24, the lower ends of which engage with ratchet wheels 25 on the end of the rollers, and prevent these rollers being turned back in the opposite direction; and then, when the game is finished, and one or the other or both of the rollers 6 is or are turned to bring the blank face opposite the window 9, thel cani 15 will raise the rod 16, and so move the crank 17, shafts 18, arms 21, and connecting rod 20, and thus operate the stop mechanism of the clock, and stop it, showing the duration of the gaine, and the time when finished.

v1n connection with each' of the rollers 6 there is a spring pawl 26, the lower end of which engages with a disk 27l on the shaft 7, with a single tooth 2Sin it, with which the end of the spring pawl 26 engages if it is attempted to turn the roller back, after the cam has passed or left the end of the bar 16 in the normal movement, when starting the ame.

To lock the apparatus, there is employed at one end of the board (see Eig. 2) two bars 29, the outer ends of which engage in notches inthe shafts 7. rThese bars 29 aremoved up and down by racks 30 on their inner ends, through a toothed wheel 31 engaging with both, and operated by a key which is entered through the knob 32 on the outside of the Thus it will be seen that'the covering'l plate 33. This key is passed through the knob andengages with the pinion2 30, and by turningl it, it unlocks andlocks the rollers 6 as may be desired before starting the game, and after finishing, respectively.

TWhat i'scflaimed is 1. lnY markersv used for scoring games played on billiard tables, the combination of rotary polygonal numeral roll-ers,` 6 a* clock with a stop mechanism; cams connected with each of the said rollers; and means between the said cams and the stop mechanism of said clock whereby it is operated, and` the clock made to go or stop'by the movement of saidI cams in rotatingthe roller g substantially as set forth.

2. 1n markers used for scoring games played on billiard tables, the combination of a plurality of polygonal rollers 6, with a blank face thereon, without numerals, and other faces bearingnumerals; windows 9 in the face' 1 of the marker; slidingpointers 10 for operating in connection with said rollers;

a stop clock; andl means between said clock and the said rollers, whereby the Asaid clock stop mechanism is operated, and the clock stopped when the saidf blank face of a roller is opposite the window;substantially as set forth;

3. ln markers used for scoringA games played on billiard tables, the combination of a plurality of polygonal rollers 6 having one of the faces blank a cam 15 connectedwith and adapted to rotate withV said rollers; bars 16 moved by said cams ,shafts 18 rocked axially by said bars 16; arms 21 on saidshaft; a stop clock 12; and connecting means 2O between said stop mechanism. and the arms 21; substantially as set forth.

4. 1n markers used for scoring. gaines played on billiard tables, the combination of a plurality of polygonal rollers 6, windows 9 in the face 1 of the marker; sliding pointers 10 for operating in connection with said rollers; a stop clock g and means `between said clock and the said rollers, whereby the said clock stop mechanism is operated and the clock stopped; and locking bars 29 adapted to engage with the saidvrollers 6, and disengage therefrom, and racks on saidbars anda toothed wheel engaging with same, for operating samegsubstantially as set forth.

1n testimony whereof l have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses. y

11i-EN RY ROBERT 17V HJD-Sl. wWitnesses HENRY SQUARE, HENRY PAscoE. 

